Chaotic lake getting fence and securityWhat we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
WINK NEWS Getting an inside look at the FEMA discount controversy Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian has been difficult for many and moving on can impact our wallets.
FGCU FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff playing for hometown team after labrum injury FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff is living the dream playing for the hometown team after he overcame a labrum injury.
LEHIGH ACRES Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral online Violence at a Lehigh Acres Middle school was captured and posted online.
Turtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples After a series of private friends and family events this week, The Turtle Club will reopen May 5 and begin taking reservations again May 6.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
WINK NEWS Getting an inside look at the FEMA discount controversy Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian has been difficult for many and moving on can impact our wallets.
FGCU FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff playing for hometown team after labrum injury FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff is living the dream playing for the hometown team after he overcame a labrum injury.
LEHIGH ACRES Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral online Violence at a Lehigh Acres Middle school was captured and posted online.
Turtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples After a series of private friends and family events this week, The Turtle Club will reopen May 5 and begin taking reservations again May 6.
Women earn $81,000 less over their careers than men. (Credit: CBS News) Women have surely made inroads in the labor market, and many are the primary breadwinners in their families. But the gender pay gap — or the discount that women receive for their labor compared with men’s earnings — remains stubbornly large. Women today earn 79 cents for every $1 men earn, according to separate studies from PayScale and Glassdoor, which analyzed salary data people provided to the companies. PayScale, a compensation-data company, and Glassdoor, a job-listing site, said they undertook the surveys ahead of Equal Pay Day on April 2, which marks the date women need to work into 2019 to earn what men were paid in the previous year. That compensation gap may seem strikingly large, especially given that women today earn more college degrees than men. The primary cause boils down to different choices in occupations, Glassdoor noted. Women, for instance, are more likely to study social work in college — a traditionally low-paying profession — while men dominate college majors that lead to high-paying jobs, like engineering. But even after adjusting for variables including occupation, age, education and experience, women earn 4.9 percent less than men, Glassdoor found. A woman engineer with the same experience and education as a male colleague earns an average of 4.9 percent less. On a dollar basis, that equates to missed earnings of $81,000 over a 30-year career, or about one year of lost salary for a typical professional, Glassdoor’s analysis found. Some of the discrepancy “surely is bias, because every year there are lawsuits about unfair pay by employers,” said Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor. A 4.9 percent gap “might seem small, but I view that as a significant pay difference. It’s one of every 20 dollars being lost. That compounds over a career.” Snowball effect That gap tends to widen as women get older, Glassdoor found. Women between 18 to 24 earn 1.4 percent less than men, after adjusting for education, occupation and other factors. But by the time women are in their mid-50s to early 60s, the gap stands at 12.3 percent. Chamberlain said he believes that’s due to the snowball effect of lower pay as women change jobs through their careers. “What happens is pay gaps can be compound as people carry over those pay gaps from job to job,” he said. “So women start out at a lower base, and then that pay gap tends to grow over the years.” “Confidence gap” There’s also a “confidence” gap between men and women: More men describe themselves as confident in negotiating a pay raise than women describe themselves. They’re also more likely than women to plan to ask for a pay raise in the next 12 months, Glassdoor found in a survey. At the same time, women are less likely to feel fairly compensated than men, PayScale found in its study. That may suggest women are aware that male colleagues with similar experience and qualifications are earning more than they are. MBA pay The gender wage gap affects all types of women, not only those who earn middle-class wages. Women with MBAs — a degree that can open doors to high-paying jobs in finance and business — have the largest uncontrolled pay gap of any educational background, earning 74 cents for every $1 men earn. That hints that women with MBAs may be taking different types of titles or jobs in different industries than men, such as picking positions in the nonprofit sector, which tend to pay less. “Our research shows the gender pay gap is multifaceted with many different factors contributing to pay inequity,” said PayScale Vice President Lydia Frank in a statement. “As a result, every woman experiences the gender pay gap differently depending on her unique identities.”